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Water/Drought

In Miami Beach, high tides are creating street flooding problems as sea level rises. It isn't just during hurricanes any more. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

U.S. Coastal Flooding Breaks Records as Sea Level Rises, NOAA Report Shows

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Barges deliver coal to the the more than two dozen power plants along the Ohio River. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Industries Try to Strip Power from Ohio River's Water Quality Commission

By James Bruggers

Five of California's largest fire years have been since 2006. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

In California, Climate Change Is an ‘Immediate and Escalating’ Threat

By Phil McKenna

Flooding in Carlisle, England, after Storm Desmond in 2015. Credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images

Europe Saw a Spike in Extreme Weather Over Past 5 Years, Science Academies Say

By Bob Berwyn

Frank Gehrke, head of California's water survey, measures the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada several times a year. This photo was taken in 2010, ahead of the last major drought. Credit: Max Whittaker/Getty Images

Is California's Drought Returning? Snowpack Nears 2015's Historic Lows

By Georgina Gustin

Northstar gondolas at Lake Tahoe. Credit: Steve Jurvetson/CC-BY-2.0

Snowpack Near Record Lows Spells Trouble for Western Water Supplies

By Bob Berwyn

In every month of 2016, at least 12% of global land was in severe drought, the State of the Climate in 2016 report shows. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Hot, Dry and Worrisome: 2016 Was a Record-Breaking Year for Climate

By Georgina Gustin

Flooding in Tirol, Austria. Credit: ASI/Land Tirol/BH Landeck

Many of Europe's Rivers Are Flooding Earlier in Spring as Climate Changes

By Bob Berwyn

Snow melting in Yosemite National Park. Credit: Don Graham/CC-BY-SA-2.0

Western Water Crunch Has Climate Change Fingerprints

By Bob Berwyn

California's Sand Fire burned more than 20,000 acres in 2016

California Forests Failing to Regrow After Intense Wildfires

By Bob Berwyn

A wildfire raged outside Gatlinburg, Tenn.

The Southeast Is Burning: Wildfires Feast on Hot, Dry Region

By Bob Berwyn

The mountain whitefish is among those dying in large numbers in Montana

Fish Deaths in Montana's Yellowstone River Tied to Warming Waters

By Bob Berwyn

The American pika is disappearing because of climate change

The American 'Fur Ball' Being Threatened by a Warming Climate

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A dying forest in Poland is one of many across the world likely caused by, and fueling, global warming

Coral With Leaves: Millions of Trees Joining the List of Climate Change Casualties

By Bob Berwyn

The dwindling snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains

Unabated, Global Warming Threatens West's Snowpack, Water Supply

By Bob Berwyn

Austria's Treasured National Resource, Its Glaciers, Are Melting Fast

By Bob Berwyn

Poorer countries like those in Africa will suffer more food shortages because of climate change

Climate Change Raises a Troubling Question: Who Gets to Eat?

By David Hasemyer

Cod numbers in the Gulf of Maine are in serious decline

Warming Waters Thwart Efforts to Save the Cod

By Phil McKenna

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